a small company of 2 people created a device called "Kytch," to help easily fix the Mcdonalds ice cream machines that are always broken. it can also predict when a malfunction could happen.
every mcdonalds franchise owner loved this new product because of all the money they saved on repairs. many of them reported spending "thousands of dollars per month in service fees" to the Taylor company in order to fix the ice cream machines.
the Taylor company creates the ice cream machines mcdonalds uses. this company is the only one professionally trained to clean their product because it is so complicated for everyone else to learn. the taylor company says "25% of the company revenue was made on repairs and maintenance." that's a huge amount for just the repairs.
(slightly off topic but still relevant). the Taylor company and Kytch creators worked on a previous device together called frobot. the frobot has the same problem as the ice cream machines: they malfuntion too often. "It became clear to us that there's way more money in broken money machines than machines that actually work" says Kytch co founder Jeremy O'Sullivan.
when mcdonalds discovered Kytch, they told the franchisees to stop using it. McDonald's said in the following statement "After we learned that Kytch's unapproved device was being tested by some of our franchisees, we held a call to better understand what it was and subsequently communicated a potential safety concern to franchisees."
this "safety concern" was bullshit because Taylor decided to reverse engineer a kytch, and use it for themselves. to add insult to injury, McDonald's went so far as to warn other companies, including Coca-Cola and Burger King, not to buy Kytch products. the $900 million lawsuit is an estimate of how much kytch would be worth today if mcdonalds didnt sabotage them.
it makes sense for Taylor to fight so hard for the broken machines since they get paid to repair them. but its a mystery why mcdonalds hates kytch and is siding with Taylor. maybe mcdonalds gets a commission for every repair? nobody knows for sure, but that theory makes sense
this video shows you how complicated and time consuming it is to clean a mcdonald ice cream maker.
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If McDonalds had working ice cream machines Burgerland would be at least 1% more obese
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If McDonalds had the overseas quality that their foreign McDonald chains have they have domestically, Burgerland would be 5% more obese.
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Foreign where? They are fricking figusting shit heaps here so I cant imagine ut can get worse.
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Korea has better quality and more options.
https://www.mcdonalds.co.kr/eng/menu/list.do
Look at this shit. If Burgerland had these options, Burgeroids would be way more obese. Even just having a double big mac or a bacon big mac in the US alone would kill way more Americans yearly.
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Oh wow so burgers just have like the basic cheeseburgers and big mac? Why do people even go there?
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As a burger Iβm convinced everyone who goes to mcdonalds are npc bugmen. Nobody I know ever eats there.
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The only people I know who eat that shit are poors.
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Other than the shrimp and whatever the frick a bulgogi is, this is basically what we have here in Brazil, are you telling me Americans have even less choice? That makes no sense to me.
Actually, I think we have even more shit with a "gourmet" line or whatever.
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Americans have so little options that the occasional reappearance of the McRib is when business spikes for McDonalds.
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I know they're absolutely garbage in bongistan, but mainland europe seems to be fine. For burgerland I guess it depends on the specific franchise?
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Every single Mcdonalds is identical here in burgerland, and every single one is complete garbage
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You forgot a few zeroes there, champ
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Meh. Milk and diary products don't have so much fat and sugar usually isn't too excessive in those either because milk is naturally sweet. I don't think ice cream affects burger obesity crisis so much
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